DHPA today submitted a comment letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule for Calendar Year 2024.
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Advocacy
Protecting the Integrated Model of Care
High-quality, integrated care delivered in the independent medical practice setting is worthy of protection as an alternative to care that is often more costly when furnished in the hospital setting. Read more...
Saving the In Office Ancillary Service Exception (IOASE)
Integrated models of care allow for better coordination across specialties, translating into higher quality, lower cost and more accessible care for patients. Read more...
Pathology Services Utilization
Recent data, including 2009-2013 Medicare data relating to the cost and utilization of anatomic pathology (AP) services, demonstrates that the GAO report fails to tell the full story about cost and utilization. Read more...
Recent Advocacy
DHPA Submits Comment Letter to CMS on the Medicare Program Hospital OPPS Remedy for the 340B-Acquired Drug Payment Policy
DHPA today submitted a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on the Medicare Program Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Remedy for the 340B-Acquired Drug Payment Policy for Calendar Years 2018-2022 (Proposed Rule).
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Video: Establishing a Formal Mentorship Program in an Independent GI Practice
Most GI physicians will tell you that they didn’t get where they are without help along the way. Most can point to one – or in most cases, several – specific mentors who provided invaluable guidance in medical school, fellowship, and when starting their careers.
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UnitedHealthcare’s Advance Notification Policy: Paperwork Over Patient Care
UnitedHealthcare’s attempt to clarify its ill-advised advance notification program doesn’t change the fact that this replacement policy will delay care and limit access to life-saving colonoscopy and other endoscopic examinations that prevent cancer.
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Statement on UnitedHealthcare’s Advance Notification Policy for Gastroenterology Services
Although UnitedHealthcare has decided not to implement its planned prior authorization policy in favor of an ill-defined advance notification program, we are concerned that this replacement policy creates a new pretext for future prior authorization requirements, which will delay care and limit access to life-saving colonoscopy and other endoscopic examinations that prevent cancer.
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